Walter Simon (sinologist)
Ernst Julius Walter Simon (born June 10, 1893 in Berlin , † February 22, 1981 in London ) was a German sinologist . He taught at various universities, his main field of activity, besides Sinology, was Tibetology .
Life
Walter Simon studied Romance and Classical languages at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1911 to 1914. In 1922 he took a librarian's exam and received his doctorate with a dissertation on the Jewish-Spanish dialect of Saloniki . He was employed as a lecturer at the University of Berlin and was dismissed as a Jew in 1937.
In 1937 he emigrated to London . After several visiting professorships at various universities, he taught Sinology at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London from 1947 to 1960 . Simon was a member of the British Academy . In 1961 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (Commander).
literature
- CR Bawden: Ernst Julius Walter Simon, 1893–1981 . In: Proceedings of the British Academy . tape 67 , 1982, pp. 459-477 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Simon in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ricardo King Sang Mak, Danny Shiu Lam Paau: Sino-German relations since 1800: Multidisciplinary explorations , Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2000, ISBN 0-8204-4373-5 , S, 125
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simon, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simon, Ernst Julius Walter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sinologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1981 |
| Place of death | London |